Outsourcing takes the next logical step

First it was factory workers. Then computer programmers and tech support. Next to be outsourced: personal services, starting with tutoring. A company in India is offering unlimited on-line 45-minute tutoring sessions for a flat $99 per month. Their tutors take a 60-hour training course, followed by two months of tests and practice sessions. The wage? A little over $2 per hour.

It's becoming difficult to pick jobs where a worker is unlikely to be undercut by workers in low-wage nations. While there are still many jobs that require a physical presence -- construction and maintenance, for example -- it would seem most forms of intellectual work are vulnerable in today's connected world.